Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: Bo Jackson
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
Professional Football player
Professional Baseball player
Played both sports professionally in the same year
Fastest 40-yard dash time in NFL history
Broken hip ended his football career but he continued with baseball.
Answer these questions about this topic:
How did it/will it impact the world?
He showed people of the sports world that it is possible to be dominant in two professional sports. He inspired young kids all around the world to play sports and many idolized him.
Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
He left a mark on in both football and baseball for the things he accomplished in such a short time. People to this day still don’t understand how he was created to be so gifted athletically and also so strong with not a lot of hard work. People today still are in much agreement that he is the best athlete to ever live.
Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I am interested in this topic because I like sports and I like to honorably recognize gifted athletes. Bo dominated the sports world when he played and his impact is still not forgotten 20 years later. I would enjoy to look more into Bo Jackson and high interest in this topic.
How do you personally connect with this topic?
I personally connect mostly because of my love for sports. I don’t have any direct connections with the topic but I have a high amount of interest for him and I always have since I was never able to watch him live.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
I am sure there are certain books written about him, there is definitely magazines and interviews with him so they will all come in hand. He isn’t a hard topic to find information on so I think many resources will be helpful.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
Bo Jackson, I feel like I can find information from many resources about him. He’s a single topic and information will be very detailed about just him. This is one of the reasons why I would rather research Bo Jackson.
Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
Bo Jackson, its sports related and I will find the most interest in researching him. If I did my research on Nike I think it would be interesting but it’s too broad and wouldn’t have that much focus on all topics. With Bo I can focus on him and just him and I think it would be more focused.
Topic Choice: Bo Jackson
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
Answer these questions about this topic:
- How did it/will it impact the world?
He showed people of the sports world that it is possible to be dominant in two professional sports. He inspired young kids all around the world to play sports and many idolized him.- Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
He left a mark on in both football and baseball for the things he accomplished in such a short time. People to this day still don’t understand how he was created to be so gifted athletically and also so strong with not a lot of hard work. People today still are in much agreement that he is the best athlete to ever live.- Why are you interested in researching this topic?
I am interested in this topic because I like sports and I like to honorably recognize gifted athletes. Bo dominated the sports world when he played and his impact is still not forgotten 20 years later. I would enjoy to look more into Bo Jackson and high interest in this topic.- How do you personally connect with this topic?
I personally connect mostly because of my love for sports. I don’t have any direct connections with the topic but I have a high amount of interest for him and I always have since I was never able to watch him live.Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
I am sure there are certain books written about him, there is definitely magazines and interviews with him so they will all come in hand. He isn’t a hard topic to find information on so I think many resources will be helpful.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
- Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
Bo Jackson, I feel like I can find information from many resources about him. He’s a single topic and information will be very detailed about just him. This is one of the reasons why I would rather research Bo Jackson.- Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
Bo Jackson, its sports related and I will find the most interest in researching him. If I did my research on Nike I think it would be interesting but it’s too broad and wouldn’t have that much focus on all topics. With Bo I can focus on him and just him and I think it would be more focused.